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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Whats on My Bench

Hello again everyone! This week Whats on My Bench with the JET Team joins Gaetana of SatinDollCo who has once again been busy making more gifts for her family. How does she find the time, I wonder?!

My godmother's birthday is at the end of June. So like always, instead of buying a gift I opted to make her a jewelry set. After searching through my bead selection, I came up with a cool tone mix of beads....

The last piece I made for her, for Mother's Day, was in warm tones - follow this link to see what I made back then. So I wanted this piece to be with more refreshing colors and I decided to feature green agate, smokey gray faceted glass beads, onyx teardrop beads and an kiwi jasper flower pendant - a nice refreshing mix of beads. Now to figure out the configuration....

I noticed when doing the placement that I didn't have enough green agate beads or onyx beads to continue the pattern. And finishing off with the smokey gray faceted glass beads would be boring so I thought some leather was in order. Don't you agree?

I strung the beads onto wire and then cut the leather to the required length and attached the pieces to the necklace, then finished the whole thing off with a lobster clasp and a chain extension.

All done! I think the leather was a nice mix to the necklace if I say so myself! Now, you can't give a necklace with some sort of earrings to match, can you?!

I created a simple pair of earrings featuring the smokey gray faceted glass beads and sesame jade beads. I didn't have any kiwi jasper beads but the sesame jade was a close second and are passable. I think she'll love it, and I can't wait to hear her reaction!

What a beautiful gift, Gaetana - your godmother is very lucky!
Until next time,
Val

11 comments
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My god mother called me after she received it and said I out did myself. Her exact words were I can't mess with you. She was so blown away she said that she put it on right away and already had the perfect outfit for it.She then went and pulled out all the jewelry she's received from me over the years and laid them out. And just stared at them all amazed. She seriously had me blushing over the phone. Got to love her to pieces.